Supporting youth

Deluxe donation

Local Deluxe Corp. Foundation representatives recently presented donations to three area youth organizations. Pictured are participants in Tuesday’s presentation ceremony for St. Joseph-based Junior Achievement of Middle America, which received $4,000.

The foundation is the charitable arm of Deluxe Corp., which operates a plant in Maryville

Junior Achievement provides financial literacy and entrepreneurship training for grade school students at St. Gregory’s School and the Horace Mann Laboratory School.

Pictured front row from left are St. Gregory’s fifth-grader Kennedy Kurz, who will take the five-session Junior Achievement course in March; St. Gregory’s seventh-grader Jordan Spire, a JA alumna; and Deb DeMott and Charla Wiederholt, both of Deluxe.

Pictured back row from left are JA volunteer Denise Meyer; JA Program Coordinator Kathy Yost; St. Gregory’s fifth- and sixth-grade social studies teacher Betsy Nielson; and Deluxe employees Shirley Heideman and Curtis Martin.

Other area agencies receiving $4,000 donations through the foundation include Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nodaway County and the St. Joseph YMCA.